Thursday, May 4, 2017

Republicans Pass Bill To Repeal And Replace Obamacare

President Donald Trump has finally won. The House today voted to repeal
and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as the ObamaCare. Read
the report from CNN below...

The bill now heads to the Senate where it faces daunting challenges
because of the same ideological splits between conservative and moderate
Republicans that nearly killed it in the House.

Trump said he is confident the bill will pass the Senate, calling Obamacare "essentially dead."
"This is a great plan. I actually think it will get
even better. This is a repeal and replace of Obamacare. Make no mistake
about it," Trump said at a celebratory White House appearance with House
Republicans.

After a dramatic week of negotiations, lobbying from Trump and
Republican leaders, the vote ended with 217 GOP lawmakers backing the
measure. Twenty Republicans opposed it, as did all House Democrats.

Democrats were unable to stop the GOP
vote aimed at President Barack Obama's signature legislative
achievement. But after the final vote was cast, they chanted "nah nah
nah nah hey hey hey goodbye" to their Republican colleagues, with a few
members waving, as they believe the vote will lead to many GOP lawmakers
losing their seats in the November 2018 midterms.

Thursday
marks a political milestone -- one that has painfully eluded Trump and
House leaders for months. The controversial health care bill delivered
Trump the biggest political defeat of his short presidency in March,
when the legislation had to be yanked from the House floor because it
simply didn't have enough support.